Yay, Linus says, June is the time
In an article on CNET News.com, the next version of the Linux kernel is expected by June. Top Linux programmers had been debating whether changes would be grand enough to warrant naming the next version 3.0, but Torvalds called the next version 2.6. These programmers typically don't conduct such debates in person, preferring instead to trade ideas, code and sometimes acerbic remarks on the Linux kernel mailing list. Read the article
here.